Ancient china timeline

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE

    shang dynasty

  • Period: 1324 BCE to 1266 BCE

    King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies, ending the dynasty

  • Period: 1122 BCE to 256 BCE

    Zhou dynasty in china

  • 1066 BCE

    Invention of paper

  • Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE

    Qin dynasty

  • Period: 218 BCE to 25 BCE

    rieghn of lui bang

  • Period: 210 BCE to 25 BCE

    Reign of Emperor Wang Mang

  • Period: 210 BCE to 209 BCE

    The crossbow is used for the first time in battle

  • Period: 206 BCE to 220

    han dynasty

  • Period: 156 BCE to 87 BCE

    life of counfucious

  • Period: 142 BCE to 87 BCE

    reighn of wudi

  • Period: 45 BCE to 23 BCE

    Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty

  • Period: 25 BCE to 220 BCE

    Warring States Period

  • 760

    Sun Tzu, the author of the Art of War is born

  • The Terracotta Army is buried